1a, Heather Drive, Colchester, CO3 4AH

1a is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Colchester (CO3 4AH). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 926 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (November 2025) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since August 2020. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. At 86 m² this is the 4th smallest of 6 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 68–174 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 6 units on file.

At 86 m² it's 24.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (69 m² median across 5 EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £181,000 is 29.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£151/sq ft) was about 43.1% below the postcode norm. Last sale on file: £140,000 in February 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.